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Meaning of 'recollect' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Recollect [ n.]
- A friar of the Strict Observance, -- an order of Franciscans.
2 . Recollect [ v. t.]
- To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to remember.
- Reflexively, to compose one's self; to recover self-command; as, to recollect one's self after a burst of anger; -- sometimes, formerly, in the perfect participle.

Meaning of 'recollect' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . recollect [ v]
Meaning (1):
- recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
Example in sentence:
  • call up memories;
  • can you remember her phone number?;
  • Do you remember that he once loved you?;
  • I can't remember saying any such thing;
  • I can't think what her last name was

Nearby Words:

recadency recalcitrant recalcitrate recalcitration recall recallable recallment recant recantation recanted

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